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    Software Room 101

    In the spirit of BBC's room 101, recently presented by Mr Merton and later Mr Skinner, I would like to nominate this thread as a dumping ground for software that should never have been written or allowed outside the hard disk of its intellectually challenged creators.

    My number one nomination is HP Quality Centre. Clunky, overgrown, overcomplicated, includes many 'advanced features' that impress management wonks, including some of the most idiotically unscientific 'reports' in the world, but lacks some basic things that devs and testers need, and only has one saving grace; it allows me to invoice about 8 hours for every unit of work that would take me 1 hour with open source tools. But even that gets boring after a while.

    I would appreciate the nominations of the congregation.
    And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

    #2
    Symantec/Norton products.
    Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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      #3
      SAP
      Beer
      is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
      Benjamin Franklin

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        #4
        Originally posted by Coalman View Post
        SAP
        WHS
        Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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          #5
          Windows Workflow Foundation. The bane of my existence at current Clientco. Horrible to debug, generates nauseating code, randomly decides to corrupt application state.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Coalman View Post
            SAP
            Agree. Although I have billed 1421.5 hours to SAP testing this year. So it's not all bad.

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              #7
              Originally posted by bless 'em all View Post
              Agree. Although I have billed 1421.5 hours to SAP testing this year. So it's not all bad.
              I once invoiced about 1200 hours testing a SAP HR set up, along with two other blokes. It's not even as if it was particularly complex functionality.
              And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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                #8
                Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                Symantec/Norton products.
                Originally posted by Coalman View Post
                SAP
                You need to give some justification for me to press the great 'ctrl alt del' in the sky and consign all this tulipe to room 101.
                And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by RedSauce View Post
                  Windows Workflow Foundation. The bane of my existence at current Clientco. Horrible to debug, generates nauseating code, randomly decides to corrupt application state.
                  +1 One piddly code change, and every workflow becomes corrupt...

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                    #10
                    SAS, as it evidently encourages hubris and arrogance in lowly journeyman statisticians
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